Dispensing device



Y' Oct. 29, 1940. G. w. JORDAN DISPENSING DEVICE Filed May 10, 1938 Patented Oct. 29, 1940 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,219,422 msPENsmG DEVICE George William Jordan, Arlington, Va. Application May 1o, 193s, serial No. 207,099

6 Claims. (orcos-42) The object oi this invention is to provide 'a new in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, a guard, or deflector, soland useful dispensing device for pellets of subdered, otherwise attached to, or a part of tube I stantially uniform size; it being especially adaptandl spaced so as to allow one pellet at a time toY ed to dispense one pill, or shot such as is used come in position at opening from either side,

5 in air rines, at a time. the purpose of which isv to insure against pellets, 5

A further object is to provide a cheap construcother than the one in position, from following tion with no moving parts to get out of order. through when the container is tilted forward to With these objects in view, the invention conoperate. sists of a construction and arrangement of parts, Having thus described the invention, I claim: lo a preferred embodiment o which is in the fol- 1. A dispensing container for pills comprising 10 lowing drawing. Continued use in practice, howa storage chamber, a discharge tube extending ever, may suggest slight changes which will be into said storage chamber with the outer, or

within the scope of the claims appended hereto. discharge, end 0f Said tube Passing through One The right is reserved to make such changes as of the walls of said chamber and having its inner,-

can be made without departing from the spirit or inlet, end at a distance from the opposite wall l5 of the invention. of less than the diameter of the object to be dis- In the drawing: pensed, an aperture formed in the side of the Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the device. discharge tube at its inlet end, the height ofV Fig. 2 is a similar View in a different position said aperture, vmeasured from the adjacent wall and with stoplper and plunger 4 removed. of the storage chamber, and also its width, being 2O Fig. 3 is a perspective View of tube I, as shown slightly more than the diameter of the object in Fig. 2, with its lower end in the foreground. to be dispensed and less than two diameters, and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a modia retaining plunger extending through said dised form of the container and with a guard, or charge tube to within less than twice the diamdeflector 1, attached to tube I. eter of the object tobe dispensed from the adja- 25 Fig. 5 is an end view of tube I as shown in cent end of the storage chamber. Fig. 4, with the guard, or deflector 1, attached. 2. A dispensing container for pills comprising This invention consists of a container 2 with a storage chamber, a discharge tube extending a tube I passing through one side of said coninto said storage chamber with the outer, or distainer and extending to the opposite side; an charge, end of said tube passing through astopper 30 opening 5 on one side of the lower end of said iitted to an opening in one of the walls of said tube to be of such size and shape as to permit chamber and having its inner, or inlet, end at only one pellet 6 at a time, to come in position a distance from the opposite wall of less than to be discharged; a retaining stopper, or cap, the diameter of the object to be dispensed,

and plunger 4, which, when in place, will prevent an aperture formed in the side of the discharge 35 tube I from filling with the contents of the contube at its inlet end, the height of said aperture, tainer while being handled; a larger stopper, or measured from the adjacent wall of the storage cap, 3 to which tube I should be securely engaged chamber, and also its width, being slightly more at their contact surfaces. To dispense pellet 6, than the diameter of the object to be dispensed the container is tilted away from opening 5, as and less than two diameters, and a retaining 40 shown in Fig. 2'. It is apparent that the pellet, plunger extending through said discharge tube to in position, will be drawn by gravity down the within ,fless than twice the diameter of the tube while the remaining pellets will be similarly object to be dispensed from the adjacent end drawn away from opening 5. When the conof the storage chamber.

tainer is returned to an upright position, the pel- 3. A dispensing'container for pills comprising 45 lets will again return to the lower end, forcing a storage chamber, a discharge tube extending one of them in position at 5 and the operation into said storage chamber with the outer, or can then be repeated. As shown in Fig. 4, a discharge, end of said tube passing through one container, the bottom of which has a center of the walls of said chamber and having its inlower than its outside edges, has two advantages; ner, or inlet, end at a distance from the opposite 50 the rst being a positive action toward the center wall of less than the diameter of the object to of the tube opening when the container is in an be dispensed, an aperture formed in the side of upright position, the second being a more posi-l the discharge tube at its inlet end, the height of tive deflection away from the tube opening 5 said aperture, measured from the adjacent wall .55 when said container is tilted forward. As shown of the storage chamber, and also its width, being slightly more than the diameter of the object to be dispensed and less than two diameters, and a retaining plunger formed with an enlarged end tted to serve as a stopper for the discharge tube, extending through said discharge tube to within less than twice the diameter of the object to be dispensed from the adjacent end of the storage chamber.

4. A dispensing container for pills comprising a storage chamber, a discharge tube greater in internal diameter than the diameter of the object to be dispensed, but less than twice the diameter of said object, which tube extends into said storage chamber with the outer, 0r discharge, end of said tube passing through one of the walls of said chamber and having its inner, or inlet, end at a distance from the opposite wall of less than the diameter of the objectto be dispensed, an aperture formed in the side of the discharge tube at its inlet end, the height of said aperture, measured from the adjacent wall of the storage chamber, and also its width, being slightly more than the diameter of the object to be dispensed and less than two diameters, and a retaining plunger extending through said discharge tube to within less than twice the diameter of the object to be dispensed from the adjacent end of the storage chamber.

5. A dispensing container for pills comprising a storage chamber, a discharge tube extending into said storage chamber with the outer or discharge end of said tube passing through one of the walls of said chamber, and having its inner or inlet end lat a distance from the opposite wall of less than the diameter of the object to be dispensed, an aperture formed in the side of the discharge tube at its inlet end, the height of said aperture, measured from the adjacent wall of the storage chamber and also its width, being slightly more than the diameter of the object to be dispensed and less than two diameters, a shield in frontof said aperture and a retaining plunger removably placed within the discharge tube and extending through said discharge tube to within a distance of less than twice the diameter of the object to be dispensed from the adjacent wall of the storage chamber.

6. A dispensing device for pills, or the like, comprising a container with an open-ended tube passing through one end thereof and extending to the opposite end, the inside diameter of said tube to be only enough larger than the object to be dispensed so as to permit said object to pass freely through the tube, said tube being provided with an opening formed so as to substantially cut away one half of the tube from the center line at the lower end of the tube to a point on the side of said tube, the opening thus formed in the lower end of the tube being of such size as to permit one pellet to enter the tube, the container for said device having a concave lower inside surface thereby making more positive the action of gravity on the pellets toward, or away from, the lower opening in the discharge tube according to the position of the device, the aforementioned discharge tube being provided with a guard, or deflector, attached to, said tube and extending outwardly and downwardly from a point above the lower opening in said tube and spaced so as to permit one pellet to come into position at said opening from either side, the upper end of said tube being provided with a stopper, or cap, with attached plunger, or retaining rod, which, when inserted in, and secured to said upper end, will prevent the tube from lling with the contents of the container while the device is being handled.

GEORGE W. JORDAN. 

